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Cohutta Guidelines

Hey All,
This link shows the guidelines for camping in the Jacks River area in the Cohutta Wilderness. They only permit camping from November until the end of March. Also apparently camp fires are prohibited, probably also meaning wood stoves. Just FYI.

Hey All,
This link shows the guidelines for camping in the Jacks River area in the Cohutta Wilderness. They only permit camping from November until the end of March. Also apparently camp fires are prohibited, probably also meaning wood stoves. Just FYI.

Hey All,
This link shows the guidelines for camping in the Jacks River area in the Cohutta Wilderness. They only permit camping from November until the end of March. Also apparently camp fires are prohibited, probably also meaning wood stoves. Just FYI.

They're real protective about the Falls area because of the years of abuse. There's plenty of places to camp down the river about a mile and half near the Rice camp intersection and Jack's River Trail intersection and further down the Jacks River Trail. Just have to hike a little to enjoy the Falls, but it's well worth it ! Beechbottom trail is super easy about 4 miles and is great for newbies. Ricecamp is another easy one, but a tab bit more challenging.We've never had problems with campfires at the campsites I just mentioned.

There's lots of places to stealth camp too. However, I wouldn't recommend it with a group bigger then three.

Don't forget the Cohuttas has more then just the Jack's River Falls. Panther Creek Falls is a must see and many really cool sites along the Conasauga River.

I'm up for a cold weather hang there in Feb or March...lets do it!

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"I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their
pets, because I’d like to have one of those little beds with my name on it." Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey

Colder the better

I may be the exception but the colder the better for me. Just got back from a 25 degree hang on Tray Mountain and had the AT to myself. It was perfect! 14 miles of hiking and saw not another soul. A January / February hang sounds great to me. I'm a NE GA boy but have no issues traveling west. I'm working on knocking off all 76 miles of the GA AT so anytime anyones coming this way, let me know.